Whitewright Students Head to Colleges Across the Nation
About forty Whitewright youths and ex servicemen plan to attend colleges this year aided by the GI Bill. The Sun lists attendees by institution including University of Texas at Austin Boyd Newman and Foucheaux Vestal. Southern Methodist University names C B Bryant III Wallace Reeves and others. more enroll at North Texas State College Austin College East Texas State Teachers College Texas State College for Women Texas Christian University and others across Oklahoma Texas and California.
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Whitewright
Sun
University of Texas, Austin
Boyd Newman
Foucheaux Vestal
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
C. B. Bryant III
Wallace Reeves
Bobbie D. Montgomery
North Texas State College
Denton
Bessie Jo Russell
Polly Ann Brown
James Stateville
Raymond Wallace
Austin College
Sherman
Janis Horton
Edward Montgomery
Clarence Wootten
Lester Simpson Jr
James Talley
Emerson Sears
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Henrietta Jackson
Dana Hall College
Wellesley
Mass
Betty Bryant
North Texas Agricultural College
Arlington
David Lee Johnson
Roy E. Martin
University of California
Los Angeles
Ben Robert Jones
Southeast State College
Durant
Okla
C. M. Howard Jr
Tennessee Tech
Cooksville
Tenn
Billie Hatfield
Poison weapon could wipe out 180 million people says general
Washington Maj. Gen. Alden H Waitt, head of the Chemical Warfare Service, said a developed poison could kill about 180,000,000 people if properly administered. He claimed the weapon rivals the atomic bomb for enforcing a nation's will and noted its secrecy, allowing a small nation to develop it cheaply without global knowledge unless a strong intelligence service operates.
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Washington
Alden H Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
Waitt
Convention Backs Road Amendment Endorsement
The Texas Good Roads Association welcomed the State Democratic Convention's unanimous resolution urging voters to adopt the good roads constitutional amendment in the November 5 election. It would dedicate motor vehicle fees and gas taxes to highway construction and maintenance, with school fund allocations intact. The measure aims to stabilize road finances for long range rural and farm to market projects, officials said. The ordinary cigarette is two and three fourths inches long.
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Charles E. Simons
Texas Good Roads Association
Democratic Convention
Simons
American Legion Elects Delegates At Tuesday Meeting
At the regular American Legion meeting Pres ton Everheart Post elected delegates to the national convention in San Francisco October 1. Delegates are Tom Sears Elbert Bennett Carl Reeves Clay Horton Joe Tate Jones and Earl Blanton. The retiring post commander is Roy Blanton. Officers to be installed include Tom Sears post commander Earl Blanton vice commander Elbert Bennett adjutant Griffin Dollarhide service officer Clay Horton historian B W Newman chaplain Billy Roberts sergeant at arms. A public installation date will be set and an installation committee was named.
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American Legion
Preston Everheart Post
San Francisco
Tom Sears
Elbert Bennett
Carl Reeves
Clay Horton
Joe Tate Jones
Earl Blanton
J. P. Darwin
Curl Reeves
Griffin Dollarhide
B. W. Newman
Billy Roberts
Segeant-At-Arms
Roy Blanton
The
Post
Palace Theatre Installs New Leather Seats
Workmen install leather upholstered seats at the Palace Theatre after receiving them this week, ordered nearly two years ago. Owner Mr Hasty says the seats will improve comfort as they are spaced farther apart with cushioned bottoms, enhancing the theatre’s appearance in this small town.
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Palace Theatre
Hasty
Palace
Cotton Seed Brings Record Price in Torreon Mexico
Benjamin Franklin, agent for the Public Land Bank, announced that 630 pesos per ton (126 dollars) is the highest price ever paid for cotton seed in Torreon. The bank will sell 9,500 tons to small farms and five companies will buy 12,500 tons from the region at the fixed price.
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Torreon
Mexico
Benjamin Franklin
Public Land Bank
Franklin
Thistle and Nettle Kill Report From 2 4 D Trials
Cass County Agricultural Agent E M Trew Jr reports 2 4 D has completely killed common thistle and bull nettle with roots. Some shrubs show death, others like persimmon and pin oak resprout. He notes July 17 treatment date may have been too late for best results.
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College Station
Cass County
E. M. Trew Jr
Trew
4000 Apply For Patrol Jobs Welcomed By Texas Patrol
Austin Chief Walter Elliott said 4000 Texas youths already applied for 25 highway patrol posts and more may join. Competitive exams Oct 19 at 14 district stations. age 21 to 35, high school or equivalent, strict physical tests. Last mail date Oct 1. Base pay 200 dollars monthly. Pencil length noted.
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Austin
Walter Elliott
Texas Highway Patrol
Texas
Elliott
Boy Scouts Attend Sherman Campfire Tonight
Troop 1 Whitewright Scouts join Sherman Council for a council campfire at Sherman Thursday evening under Chaney H Corse. Awards will be given to summer camp attendees. Whitewright scouts and prospective scouts meet at 6 30 p m at the Scout hut with transport provided. Troop 1 has first regular meeting Friday at 7 p m. Rotary Club sponsors the unit with R L Gilpin as scoutmaster and Marshal Hasty as assistant.
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Whitewright Boy Scouts
Sherman
Sherman Council
Chaney H. Corse
Whitewright
Rotary Club
R. L. Gilpin
Marshal Hasty
Truman Quietly Caps Wallace While Keeping Him in Cabinet
President Truman silenced Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace for the Paris Peace Conference period and kept him in the Cabinet. Wallace agreed to make no public statements or speeches until the Foreign Ministers' conference in Paris ends, signaling a temporary truce that preserves Byrnes's policies in diplomacy.
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Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Russia
Secretary of Commerce
Paris
Stable housing costs forecast in October says Wyatt
Washington housing chief Wilson Wyatt said there is a good chance the inflationary spiral in housing costs will be halted in October. He dismissed reports that the housing industry is about to price itself out of a market, noting that all costs are up and the economy remains geared to higher prices postwar.
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Washington
Wilson W. Wyatt
Sugar Rationing May Extend Into 1948
Washington experts warned that the sugar shortage will plague households into 1948 and rationing will likely continue for another year. They believe larger rations may come by next spring at the earliest, noting WW II disruptions and strikes have worsened the shortage.
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Washington
Red River Valley Fair Opens in Sherman Monday
The Red River Valley Fair resumes after wartime suspension with a six day run in Sherman starting Monday, Sept 23. Admission is 25 cents for adults, season tickets at $1 for unlimited access. Exhibits include Home Demonstration Clubs 4-H groups Future Farmers and Homemakers, agriculture dairy cattle beef cattle hogs sheep and horses. Events feature the Smith Moore Rodeo Quadrill Club on horseback and Hill's Shows. A new automobile will be given away during the fair.
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Red River Valley
Sherman
Smith-Moore
Hill
County Tax Rate Raised 32 Cents
Sherman Grayson County increases the 1946 tax rate to 95 cents per $100 valuation, up 32 cents, with most of the rise funneled into road and bridge funds under the tax reallocation plan. The new levy adds about $100,000 for rural roads, totaling roughly $300,000 for the year, and sets allocations of 21 cents general fund 4 cents permanent improvements 7 cents jury fund and 20 cents to service unlimited tax bonds.
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Sherman
Grayson County
Commissioners Court
J. N. Dickson
Wedding Waits On A Landlord In Queens Invitation
A wedding invitation sent to 425 real estate agents in Queens invites Lorraine Astgen and William O. Spiess to marry “as soon as you rent them an apartment.” No wedding date is set, leaving timing to real estate men. Miss Astgen, 22, notes several offers have already arrived.
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New York
Queens
Long Island
Joseph W. Astgen
Lorraine
William O. Spiess
Miss Astgen
Conover
1990 U S Population Forecast Sees 165 Million Peak
The Census Bureau, with the Scripps Foundation, forecasts U S population reaching 165 000 000 in 1990 and then dipping to 163 177 000 by 2000 The projection assumes medium mortality and fertility with no net immigration Women remain in the numerical majority through 2000 with an excess about 370 000.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Scripps Foundation
Bureau
Doctors study rare illness of Oklahoma youth
A 15 year old from an Oklahoma Indian reservation, Kenneth Thames of Okmulgee, is resting comfortably in a Boston hospital as doctors plan treatment for arachnidactylism, a rare bone stretching condition affecting his fingers toes legs and arms. He is not in immediate danger. Further caution included: do not smoke or light matches in barns.
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Boston
Okmulgee
Okla
Kenneth Thames
Cotton Receipts and Prices Reported at Whitewright Gins
Up to Thursday morning the Whitewright gins had received 435 bales of cotton, with 1945 season later than usual. Prices shown include 36.75 for cotton and 68 per ton for seed at one gin, while another sends samples to Dallas. Planting seed dealers pay up to 80 per ton. Corn prices around 1.80 and 1.50 per bushel with many farmers pulling and buyers rushing to handle the influx. Thousands of bushels sold this week.
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Whitewright
Dallas
Farmer Nets 1000 From 20 Bales of Snap Cotton
Owen W. Smith near Tom Bean sold 20 bales of 1945 snap cotton to H. P. Donigan on Saturday and earned a $1,000 profit. He had stored the cotton in Donigan warehouse last November under a government loan, then sold his loan contract after the government was paying a premium for that grade. The move reflects a past dip in demand for low grade snap cotton as government buying declined.
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Owen W. Smith
Tom Bean
H. P. Donigan
Mr. Smith
Donigan
Crop Surpluses May Be Nearing
Washington faces possible crop surpluses with a 3 to 5 percent reduction in acreage for 1947. Corn oats tobacco and vegetables would bear most of the cut as conservation and soil repair are emphasized. The Agricultural Marketing Research Act will push market expansion plans despite no year funds. Secretary Anderson seeks recommendations from research agencies state stations and marketing officials for an eleven member advisory board to be named.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Anderson
Department
Subsistence Changes In Veteran Education In New Legislation
The Veterans Administration reminded veterans in education or training of subsistence allowance changes due to recent servicemen legislation. Non disabled veterans under Public Law 346 face limits, while disabled veterans under Public Law 16 are unaffected. Public Law 346 trainees in standard or on the job training or any school are subject to the limit and must report August through October earnings by November 5. VA will adjust subsidies accordingly and notify any required repayments.
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Veterans Administration
P. L
Improved Lights And Parking Asked By Committee
The roads, highways and streets committee of the Booster Club met Tuesday night in Paul Stephens’s office. It recommended to the board for transmission to the City Commission several safety and traffic measures including prohibiting double parking on Main Street, restoring two stop lights at downtown Main Street intersections, marking streets in the business district for parking to boost capacity by 30 to 50 percent, placing slow signs near the grade school, increasing wattage of business district street lights, keeping residence district lights on all night, and urging the State Highway Department to properly mark highways approaching Whitewright, noting no highway signs point to Whitewright.
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The
Booster Club
Paul Stephens
Board of Directors
City Commission
Main Street
State Highway Department
Whitewright
Old Age Pension In Texas Set To Rise In October
Welfare Director John E. Winters said October old age assistance checks in Texas will average about 3.80 higher than September, with about 750 more recipients. The October average near 27.35, up from 23.55, as a liberalized federal act bases the increase. The new maximum pension will be 45 a month, split 20 by the state and 25 by the U S Treasury.
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Austin
Texas
John E. Winters
Winters
Texas Oldsters
Coke Stevenson
U. S. Treasury
Sammy Has at Last Given Up Wanting a Horse
Sixteen year old Sammy Wilson left Canton to live with his brother in Houston to earn money for a horse. He saved pennies at a filling station but was killed yesterday in a traffic accident near Houston.
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Sammy
Houston
Sammy Wilson
Canton
Honestty Is Still His Policy, Freund Touts Honest Man
Travis County Commissioner Warren S. Freund says he found an honest man after a farmer requested a new road in front of his property to ease selling the farm. A diesel shovel can move 50 tons of earth per bucket, comparable to 500 men with picks.
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Austin
Travis
Warren S. Freund
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Red River Valley Fair
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